About the Course

Knowledge of basic research design and statistics is important in order to understand the scientific literature that will be read throughout one’s professional career as well as to give one the ability to conduct their own research project. This course surveys basic research design and research methods along with basic descriptive and inferential statistics.Course Goals: Knowledge of basic research design and statistics is important in order to understand the scientific literature that will be read throughout one’s professional career as well as to give one the ability to conduct their own research project. This course surveys basic research design and research methods along with basic descriptive and inferential statistics.

Course Objectives: Residents are expected to become knowledgeable in research design, basic statistics and to gain the skills necessary to interpret the results of statistical analyses.